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PATBNTED MAY 12, 1903.

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Patented May l2, 1963i.

ATRNT OFFICE.

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,051, dated May 12,190g. Application filed April 18, 1902. Serial No. 103,533. (No model.)

To all rbh/0m if may concern:

Be it known that I, OoRNELiUs VANDER- ILT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of vthe borough of Manhattan, city and State ofNew York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements'inRailway-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to railway-cars, and has for its object theprovision of means whereby the car-body may be supported by the bolstersand its weight distributed and applied to said bolsters at variouspoints.

My invention also comprises an improved form of bolster and otherdetails of const-ruction, as will be set forth.

My invention is not limited to the form of car shown, but may be usedinother wellknown forms of railway-cars, the scope of the inventionbein-g defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings which accompany thisspecification similarreference-numerals indicate correspondingl parts in the several views.

Figure l is a plan view of one half of the car, the other half beingexactly similar thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalvertical section ofone-half of the car. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the end framework, showingthe bolster and body-supports. Fig. t-is a vertical half-section of thecar at the bolster. Fig.'5 is a similar view onv the line 5 5k of Fig.2. Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing an alternativeconstruction. Fig. 7 is a lon'- gitudinal vertical section of one-halfof a car, Y

showing the modification of Fig. 6.

In both of the cars illustrated the'supporting-framework consists of twocenter sills l 1,which may be and preferably are ordinary rolledmetalchannels. These sills extend the full length of the car. Resting uponthe sills l 1 and secured thereto are the bolsterbeams 2 2, which mayalso be rolled-metal channels, as-shown. Between the ends of these-bearns are secured the upright posts 3 3', shown as channels, uponwhich the body of the car is hung and which support a con` siderableportion of its weight. In order to distribute the weight of the car-bodyand the load to be carried thereby more uniformly upon the bolster-beams2 2, I secure upon said beams a plate 3, having a portion 4 bent at anangle to themain body of the plate, so as to extend preferably at rightangles to the sloping floor 5 of the car-body 6.

In the car shown in Figs. 1,2, and 3 the plate 3 extends practically theentire width of thee-ar. A beam 7, which may bea rolledmetal angle-beam,is secured tothe bent portion 4 of the plate 3 along its entire lengthand is preferably, although not necessarily, secured also to thecar-body. The beam 7 furnishes a very light and yet a substantialsupport for the car-body along its entire width and distributes aconsiderable portion of the weight thereof along the whole length of thebolster-beams.

In the car shown in Figs. 6 and 7 a plate 3', having a bent portion 4',is secured tothe middle portion of the beams 2 2'. To this plate aresecured the middleportions 8 8`of the bent angle-beams 7 7. The parts 99 of these beams extend up and down, diagonally across, and parallel to,the sloping licor of the carbody 6, as shown. It is evident that theyform a very, extended support for the car-bodyanda supporting-plate,so'as to form an integral supporting-flange for the sloping iloor; butsuch a structure'isinferior to minevin that the floor-support lacks thestrength which is imparted to it by the metal composing one flange ofthe floor-beams used by me.' In the structure employed by me the bentplate which is attached to the bolster may, for this reason, be made ofthinner metal than would necessarilyotherwisebe used. Thebentplate usedby Ine is also less complex in shape than the structure referred toabove and can be more easily produced.

In the type of car of which those shown are examples the center sillspass through the body of the car.

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same time to cause the ooring of the carbody to slope at all pointstoward one of the four hoppers 10 10, I secure above the sills 1 1 theinclined bent plates 11 11, which are joined along their meeting edges12 12 to form a peak above the sills. (See Figs. l and 5.) The innerwalls of the hoppers 10 are composed of vertical plates 22, the upperedges of which are secured to the lower edges of the bent plates 11. Ithas been proposed heretofore to secure the lower edges of similar bentplates to the center sills; but it will be observed that in the car hereshown the said plates are secured to the walls of the lloppers. By myconstruction I am enabled to place the center-sill channels so as toface outwardly, and thereby obtain a plane securing-surface between themfor the attachment of the bolster center bearings. Furthermore, thecarbody may be removed from the framework without cutting the rivetswhich are placed through the lower edges of the plate 11 and less of theweight of the load is carried by the center sills than in previousstructures. The transverse center peak is formed by the floor-plates l717. These plates are laid upon the sloping floor-beams 18 and areprovided with the vertical portions 20, bent upwardly. The verticalportions of the two plates abut against each other along their entirelength and are secured together. I prefer to secure the ends of thevertical portions 2O to the side walls of the car by means of the smallangleplates 21, thus bracing the peak and giving it additional strength.The plates 1l and 17 may be readily rolled to the shapes shown.

The holsters are completed by the center beariug-pieces 13, secured tothe center sills, and the side plates 14: 14, which are secured to anddepend from the beams 2 2. The loweredges of these plates carry the sidebearings 15, which are secured between them, as shown. The plates 14C 14are also secured to the longitudinal end braces 30 by the angleplates16.

It is found that when metal cars are damaged by collision the ends ofthe cars are frequently bent and distorted, while the main body of thecar-that is, the part between the bolsters--may be uninjured. It istherefore evident that if the damaged end portions can be readilyremoved and replaced by new material the cars may be thus repaired in avery short time and at small expense. With this end in View the sidewalls of the car beyond the holsters are formed of the plates 6, whichextend from the ends of the car only as far as the posts 3a. The enddoor-plates 5a extend from the ends of the car only as far as thesupporting angle-beams 7. The lower members of the side trusses aredivided by the posts 3a into the parts 31 and 32, which are secured withtheir ends in engagement with said posts by the plates 33. The parts 32eX- tend from the said posts?)a to the ends of the car and aid insupporting the end Walls, the side wall plates 6, and the endfloor-plates 53.

It is evident that the entire end of the car, consisting of the parts 5,6, and 32, together with the end walls, end posts, end sills, and thebraces 30 and 33, may be removed from the main body of the car bycutting the rivets which unite these parts thereto.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a metallic car, a transverse bolsterbeam, a bent plate having amain portion secured to said beam and a portion projecting upward fromsaid main portion, a lianged beam secured to said upwardly-projectingportion, and a car-door resting on one of the anges of said fiangedbeam, substantially as described.

2. In a metallic car, a longitudinal center sill, a transversebolster-beam, and a bent plate, one portion of which is secured to saidbeam, and the remainder of which projects upward from said firstportion,and is attached to a flanged Hoor-beam, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a metallic car, a transverse bolsterbeam, a bent plate secured tosaid beam, flanged beams secured on both sides ot' said plate, and acar-body having a sloping floor supported bysaid beams, substantially asdescribed.

f1. In a metallic car Without side sills, a transverse bolster-beam,upright posts secured to the ends of said bolster-beam, a plate securedto said bolster-beam in termediate the ends thereof, and a car-body hungupon said upright posts and partly supported by said plate,substantially as described.

5. In a metallic car-frame, a bolster-beam, a bent plate having a mainportion secured to the middle portion of said beam, anda portionprojecting upward at an angle to said main portion, and a beam having acenter portion secured to the projecting portion of the bent plate andends extending diagonally outward from said center portion,substantially as described.

6. In a metallic car, abolster-beam, upright posts secured to the endsthereof, a bent plate secured to said bolster-beam intermediate the endsthereof, a flanged beam secured to said bent plate, and a car-bodysuspended from said upright posts and having an inclined licor-platesecured to said flanged beam, substantially as described.

7. In a metallic car, a center sill, a transverse bolster-beam restingupon said sill, a flat plate secured to and depending from saidbolster-beam and carryingaside bearn g, substantially as described.

8. In a metallic car, a longitudinal sill, a car-bolster secured theretoand comprising a flanged beam, a dat plate secured to and depending fromsaid beam and carrying a side bearing, substantially as described.

9. A metallic car-frame, comprising longitudinal lianged center sills,transverse channel-bolster beams resting on said sills, de-

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pending plates carried by said bolster-beams, and side bearing-blockscarried by said depending plates, substantially as described.

lO. In a metallic car, a longitudinal sill, a car-bolster securedthereto and comprising a plurality of channel-beams, ilat plates securedto the backs of said beams and depending therefrom, and sidebearing-blocks se-Y secured to said lower portions and extending to thebottom of the hoppers, substantially as described. Y

13. In a steel car, having its body divided transversely into hoppers,the transverse dividing member being composed of sloping floor-beams andplates laid thereon, said Hoor-plates havingvvertical portions securedtogether, and angle-plates securing the vertical portions of the slopingfloor-plates to the side walls of the car, substantially as described.

14. In a metallic car, a pair of longitudinal center sills, acar-bolster resting thereon and comprising a pair of beams, a dependingplate carried by each bolster-beam, side bearings connecting said'plates together, and means for securing said plates to the centersills, substantially as described.

15. In a metallic car, longitudinal end braces, a pair of center sills,a' carbolster resting thereon Vand comprising a pair of beams, adepending plate carried by each bolster-beam, side bearings connectingsaid plates together, said `depending plates being secured to the centersills and to the longitudinal end braces, substantially as described.

16. In a metallic carframe,a longitudinal sill, a body-bolster securedabove said sill, and' comprising a pair of transverse beams, and meansfor holding said beams in fixed relation to each other, substantially asde scribed.

17.'Ina car, a pair of longitudinally-extending center sills,longitudinal side members, a pair of platesconnecting each sideV memberwith its adjacent center sill, and a side bearing fitted between andspacing apart each 'pair of plates, substantially as described.

18. In a car, a longitudinal sill, a bodybolster connected thereto andcomprising a pair of beams held in xed relation by means of a sidebearing secured to said beams, substantially as described. f

19. In a car,a longitudinal sill, a body-k.

bolster connected-thereto and comprising a pair of beams, a pair ofmetal plates'secured thereto, said plates being held inxedrelation attheir bottoms by means of a side from the main body portion,substantially-asA described.

21. A car having side wall-plates which extend from the end of the carand terminate at the bolster, whereby the end-of the. car may be readilydetached fromthe main body portion, substantially as described.

CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.

Witnesses: LoUIs A. SHEPARD, JAMES J. CosGRovE.

